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Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve ... fire management, using a science-based emissions reduction methodology that shifts fire patterns from the late to the ... the proposed readiness support, is that Belize has the requisite capacity and enabling environment for development of an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize ISFMI Pty Ltd
ED’s remarks at Interactive Dialogue - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28
... the support that they are receiving right now and how, whether the modalities are really tailored to the ... that the upper income SIDS, high income or upper middle income SIDS, have in accessing concessional finance. ... that I'm talking to you about. Also, I can't take any credit for it, but I have observed this and this is what we ...
Article > Speech
FP024 - Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia
... The project aimed to provide grants for community-led adaptation activities to reduce vulnerability and ... adaptive capacity in CBNRM areas. The project exceeded targets significantly, benefiting 109,000 people (60% female) ... from the Project Completion Report (PCR) submitted by Accredited Entities at the end of a project’s implementation ...
Project > Public sector Namibia EIF 
GCF/B.34/09/Add.03 - Consideration of accreditation proposals – Addendum III: Re-accreditation assessment of RAPL009
This document contains the re-accreditation assessment conducted by the Secretariat and the Accreditation Panel in accordance with decision B.24/13, and ...
Board document > Action item
Policies: Investment
Investment The GCF’s Investment Framework sets out the parameters which guide GCF’s investment ... Impact potential, Paradigm-shift potential, Sustainable Development potential, Needs of the recipient, Country ... with the adoption of the Strategic Plan for 2020-2023 to reflect new portfolio targets for GCF-1. Policies: Investment ...
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Readiness: GCF placements
GCF Liaison Officer scheme
We are excited to announce the launch of the GCF Liaison Officer scheme, a key initiative under the Readiness Strategy 2024-2027 designed to enhance effective engagement with the Green...
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Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan
... Climate Fund’s Strategic Plan is a living document that sets out the Board’s long-term strategic vision for the ... and operational priorities for each strategy and replenishment cycle. The current updated Strategic Plan for the GCF ...
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The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world
... province is home to a diverse ecosystem with more than 261 species of birds, unique marine life, and aguaje, one of ... in South America. For hundreds of years, the Amazonian people have understood that to live in kinship with nature, they ... in this northern Peruvian province manage their wetland resources in ways that avoid deforestation and the ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF-2
GCF's second replenishment The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s ... As an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, GCF has become a vital part of the global climate ...
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GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
... fossil fuels after two weeks of intense negotiations. While stopping short of a ‘phaseout’ of coal, oil and gas, ... agreements (Funding Activity Agreements) were signed with Accredited Entities to launch new projects recently approved ... Look back on GCF events at COP28 Visit the GCF@COP28 microsite . Watch the GCF@COP28 video . Dubai GCF at COP28: A ...
Article > News update 
Innovation and cooperation for global carbon neutrality
Excellencies, distinguished guests, I would like to congratulate ... the momentum for climate action in the build-up to the COP26 meeting last December. But the climate challenge remains ...
Article > Speech
What we offer
... we give you the opportunity to pursue rewarding and challenging work with skilled and supportive colleagues, ... learning and development opportunities, and offer competitive base salaries and a comprehensive benefits package ... the plan. Paid leave and holidays All GCF staff receive 26 annual leave days, 15 sick leave days, 10 development ...
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Green stimulus in the post COVID-19 era and beyond
Excellencies, Honourable guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, With H.E ... The average global temperature for 2016–2020 is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, with an ... most important problem of our generation". Next year’s UNFCCC Conference of Parties will be critical for climate ...
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Executive Director’s remarks
This is the second time that the funds come together at COP and also have a joint pavilion. For the first ... year's COP, making a commitment to come together more, implement system processes, and discuss what could be an ambitious agenda among ourselves in terms of complementarity and coherence, with a view to reaching higher ...
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Call for Submissions on the GCF 3rd Updated Strategic Plan for 2028-2031
... to, GCF Board Members, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Direct Access Entities, civil society ... 22, 2026, in a Word/PDF format to strategy@gcfund.org . While the Secretariat may be able to consider late submissions, ... submissions will be made publicly available on the GCF website. Therefore, submissions should not include any ...
Document > Call for input
Climate finance for sustaining peace and security
Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, ... to a halt in two countries that suffered a dramatic deterioration of peace and security. So, what does it take ... prepared to take risks. Many fragile countries have a low credit rating and find it difficult to attract investment. ...
Article > Speech
High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... Service for the invitation to participate in this high-level dialogue. Deforestation and forest degradation are a ... powerful solutions to climate change. Deforestation together with agriculture, forests and land use account for ... with a GCF co-financing of USD 114 million will provide credit lines to local agricultural banks to support ...
Article > Speech
ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the ... Republic, Mr Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Action and Assistant Secretary ... 2019. Ultimately though, this climate finance under the UNFCC needs to be used in a highly catalytic way so that we ...
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SAP016 - Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of ... with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a stable electricity supply. This project aims to overcome ...
Project > Private sector Fiji FDB 
FP103 - Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
... 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people. The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires ... mitigation potential between 0.6 and 2.4 Gt CO2eq/year, while delivering a wide range of sustainable development ...
Project > Public sector Kenya Senegal GIZ 
FP110 - Ecuador REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014
Acknowledging Ecuador’s REDD+ 2014 results - a total volume of 4,831,679 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions reductions - for GCF ... United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and have undergone technical assessment. They are now ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador UNDP 
FP129 - Afghanistan Rural Energy Market Transformation Initiative – Strengthening Resilience of Livelihoods Through Sustainable Energy Access
... and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to the electricity grid, most rural communities depend on ... and heating - which aggravates indoor air pollution, accelerates deforestation, and leads to carbon emissions. ... project is designed to kick-start a renewable energy market in rural Afghanistan. It will lay the necessary ...
Project > Public sector Afghanistan UNDP 
FP131 - Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal
While water resources for ecosystems are becoming ... as landslides and floods threaten the livelihoods of people in Nepal’s Gandaki River Basin region, currently ... the country's population and more than 40 ethnic groups. The project adopts an ecosystem-centred and ...
Project > Public sector Nepal IUCN 
FP132 - Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation
... heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon ... capacity, which is projected to decrease by five times between 1990 and 2030. This project is designed to reduce ... carbon sequestration through the introduction of sustainable forest management in three Georgian regions. This ...
Project > Public sector Georgia GIZ 
FP133 - Resilience to hurricanes in the building sector in Antigua and Barbuda
... have experienced 15 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms. Set to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to significant disruption of the country's power and ... adaptation is mainstreamed into the building sector and relevant financial mechanisms, as well as strengthening ...
Project > Public sector Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG 
FP134 - Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016
... total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was presented to the GCF for results-based ... to invest in additional activities that support the implementation of its Integrated Strategy of Deforestation ... The project will also contribute to the sustainable management of forest areas, as well as strengthening the ...
Project > Public sector Colombia FAO 
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... and marine and terrestrial ecosystems. This programme targets the most vulnerable populations of coastal and rural areas in four Indian ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AFD 
FP137 - Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project
... harvesting of nuts from shea trees which are used in cosmetics is a key source of livelihoods in the region and ...
Project > Public sector Ghana UNDP 
FP138 - ASER Solar Rural Electrification Project
While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do ... costs to run remote electricity assets, tied to low and widely dispersed electricity ...
Project > Public sector Senegal BOAD 
FP139 - Building resilience in the face of climate change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan
Sudan is one of the most drought susceptible countries in Africa. Drylands are home to nearly ... erratic rainfall has resulted in recurrent droughts, together with crop failures, livestock deaths, and the deepening of poverty levels. The project supports climate change adaptation ...
Project > Public sector Sudan UNDP 